Murayama Tomiichi

Date of Birth

3 March 1924

Place of Birth

Oita

Tomiichi Murayama was born in Sumiyoshi-cho which was famous as a
fishing town and he's the sixth child of eleven brothers and
sisters. When he graduated from Oita Elementary School, most of his
friends started to work, but he entered a junior high school under the
old system (Tokyo Municipal Commercial High School) by himself. Then,
he worked days and went to school nights. After graduation, he went on
to a Faculty of Politics and Economics of Meiji University in Tokyo on
1942 and studied hard.

In 1946, when he was twenty-seven years old, he stood for the election
of Oita-municipal assembly, but he was unsuccessful. After that, he
ran again and won. Then he also entered the Social
Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ) and became a member of Oita
prefectural assembly later.

In 1972, he married his wife, Yoshie, and he was elected in the 33th
general election and became a member of the Diet. He had been joining
the Social and Labor Committee and worked for medical service,
welfare, and pension as his life works. He was interested in labor
problems.

He also became the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and the
Steering Committee, and was elected as the chairman of the SDPJ on
1993.

Finally, on 25 June, 1994, Tomiichi Murayama was helped by
the Liberal Democratic Party, the SDPJ and the Sakigake, and beat
Toshiki Kaifu from the opposition parties and became the 81st prime
minister. In January of 1996 he was succeeded by Hashimoto Ryutaro,
the 82nd prime minister.

The books which he wrote are "Your pension" and "In order
to protect the peace Constitution".